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Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

February 10, 2012

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(11) Words.

displease
displeased
displeasedness
manpleaser
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please
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pleaseman
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(11) Words.

displease
displeased
displeasedness
manpleaser
menpleaser
please
pleased
pleaseman
pleaser
time-pleaser
unpleased

(199) Words.

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charm
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complain
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deliciously
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displease
displeased
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dissatisfied
dissatisfy
distaste
distasted
divert
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divertise
elegancy
elegantly
eloquence
eloquent
eloquently
empty
entertain
entertained
entertainer
epiphany
excellently
eye-service
fain
faith
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fatherly
fault
flatter
flattered
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flesh
fond
for
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good
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grace
gratified
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improve
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liking
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manpleaser
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self
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time-pleaser
trumpet
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unpleased
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willing

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1828 Definition

PLEASE, v.t. s as z. [L. placere, placeo.]

1. To excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to gratify; as, to please the taste; to please the mind.

Their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem, Hamor's son. Gen.34.

Leave such to trifle with more grace than ease,

Whom folly pleases, and whose follies please.

2. To satisfy; to content.

What next I bring shall please

Thy wish exactly to thy heart's desire.

3. To prefer; to have satisfaction in; to like; to choose.

Many of our most skilful painters were pleased or recommend this author to me.

To be pleased in or with, to approve; to have complacency in. Matt.3.

To please God, is to love his character and law and perform his will, so as to become the object of his approbation.

They that are in the flesh cannot please God. Rom.8.

PLEASE, v.i. s as z. To like; to choose; to prefer.

Spirits, freed from mortal laws, with ease

Assume what sexes and what shapes they please.

1. To condescend; to comply; to be pleased; a word of ceremony.

Please you, lords,

In sight of both our battles we may meet.

The first words that I learnt were, to express my desire that he would please to give me my liberty.

Please expresses less gratification than delight.

1913 Definition

Please (please)
v. t.	(?)
Please
[imp. ** p. p.* Pleased] p. pr. ** vb. n.* Pleasing.] [OE. plesen, OF. plaisir, fr. L. placere, akin to placare to reconcile. Cf. Complacent, Placable

To give pleasure to] to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy.

I pray to God that it may plesen you. Chaucer.

What next I bring shall please thee, be assured. Milton.

To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to desire; to will.

Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he. Ps. cxxxv. 6.

A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases, are the same things in common speech. J. Edwards.

To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; -- used impersonally.

"It pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell." Col. i. 19.

To-morrow, may it please you. Shak.

To be pleased in or with, to have complacency in; to take pleasure in. -- To be pleased to do a thing, to take pleasure in doing it; to have the will to do it; to think proper to do it. Dryden.

To afford or impart pleasure; to excite agreeable emotions.

What pleasing scemed, for her now pleases more. Milton.

For we that live to please, must please to live. Johnson.

To have pleasure; to be willing, as a matter of affording pleasure or showing favor; to vouchsafe; to consent.

Heavenly stranger, please to taste
These bounties. Milton.

That he would please 8give me my liberty. Swift.

Noah Says...

In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people.

Preface to 1828 Dictionary

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The foundation for American Heritage Access [AHA] strives to capture the essence of American culture with an intent to make early American manuscripts accessible to modern society. We believe that the successful future of this country is dependent on honoring and respecting its past. In order to achieve this ideal, several projects will be introduced and executed. The first initiatives of Project::Noah will involve the accessibility of the 1828 American dictionary.

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The first vision, Vision::Reprint, has an intent to make a modern printing of the first dictionary of the American language available to the public for under $25. The first task, Task::Access, involves the digitizing of the original 1828 dictionary. The dictionary is available in microfilm (American Culture Series, Reel 335.6-336.1, Michigan University Microfilms) at many universities. To digitize the microfilm as a batch process requires a special scanner.

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The third vision, Vision::Recapture, has an intent to evoke the importance of Noah Webster in our American Heritage. This vision will manifest itself in a commissioned painting of Noah Webster. The process involved will require the input from concerned Americans. The final commission painting will be derived from initial sketches and digital compositions. Feedback from the community is essential for this vision's success throughout the entire process.

February 10, 2012